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Taking the Black

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Cherry Creek Trail, Denver, Colorado, 80014, United States
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Climb Profile

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Climb Stats

Combined metric and imperial stats for quick route planning.

Climb categoryUncategorised
Distance4.63 km / 2.88 miles
Elevation gain42.3 m / 139 ft
Average gradient0.9%
Maximum gradient12.5%
Elevation high1,713.08 m / 5,620 ft
Elevation low1,669.16 m / 5,476 ft
Climb difficulty score4,210.75

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Climb Rank

How does this climb compare against every other climb in the world?

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This climb ranks 1,241,382nd out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

🧮

Ranked as the 120,840th most difficult cycling climb of all 337,250 climbs in United States.

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Places 6,186th out of 13,296 cycling climbs in Colorado.

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Ranks 93rd out of 775 cycling climbs in Denver.

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A local climb of note, this is the 4th most difficult cycling climb (out of 11 climbs) in Cherry Creek Trail.

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